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Criterion Task Force Members: Fourth Criterion

Criterion 4 - Acquisition, Discovery, and Application of Knowledge

Patti Becker

Patti Becker, Chair


Karlene Ferrante

Karlene Ferrante
Communication

Rosanne Proite

Rosanne Proite
Student Affairs

Richard Ruppel

Richard Ruppel
Foreign Languages

Donna Zimmerman

Donna Zimmerman
Interior Architecture

Rich Hauer

Rich Hauer
Natural Resources


Criterion Four: Acquisition, Discovery, and Application of Knowledge. The organization promotes a life of learning for its faculty, administration, staff, and students by fostering and supporting inquiry, creativity, practice, and social responsibility in ways consistent with its mission.

4a. The organization demonstrates, through the actions of its board, administrators, students, faculty, and staff, that it values a life of learning.
4b. The organization demonstrates that acquisition of a breadth of knowledge and skills and the exercise of intellectual inquiry are integral to its educational programs.
4c. The organization assesses the usefulness of its curricula to students who will live and work in a global, diverse, and technological society.
4d. The organization provides support to ensure that faculty, students, and staff acquire, discover, and apply knowledge responsibly.